Books, Arts & Manners: The Knife of Reason

The Temple of Dawn By Yukio Mishima

Knopf, 330 pp., $7.95 Now we are in Siam in 1940 with Honda, the man of reason, the effete Kiyoaki’s confidant during their youth in 1912 (Spring Snow, reviewed here August 4, 1972), the fanatical young Isao’s defender in 1933 (Runaway Horses, reviewed September 28, 1973). Honda, who has renounced his judgeship to practice business law and make a fortune, begins his voyage to decadence in Bangkok, the city of temples.

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The Temple of Dawn By Yukio Mishima

Knopf, 330 pp., $7.95 Now we are in Siam in 1940 with Honda, the man of reason, the effete Kiyoaki’s confidant during their youth in 1912 (Spring Snow, reviewed here August 4, 1972), the fanatical young Isao’s defender in 1933 (Runaway Horses, reviewed September 28, 1973). Honda, who has renounced his judgeship to practice business law and make a fortune, begins his voyage to decadence in Bangkok, the city of temples.